Soteriology Session 18 Dr. Andy Woods Senior Pastor – Sugar Land Bible Church Professor of Bible & Theology – College of Biblical Studies

Soteriology Overview I.Definition II.Election III.Atonement IV.Salvation words V.God’s one condition of salvation VI.Results of salvation VII.Eternal security VIII.Faulty views of salvation

Soteriology Overview VI. Results of Salvation, (cont’d) This Session

Results of Salvation Sonship/adoption (Gal 4:5-7; Rom 8:14-17) Eternal life (John 3:16) Regeneration (John 3:5; Titus 3:5) Justification (Rom 8:33-34) Forgiveness of all pre-cross sins (Acts 17:30; Rom 3:25) Good works (Eph 2:8-10) Sanctification (John 17:17) Glorification (Rom 8:30) End of the Law (Rom 10:4) Miscellaneous privileges (Philip 3:20; 1 Pet 2:5, 9; Rev 19:7; 1 Pet 1:4; Rom 5:1) Miscellaneous privileges (Philip 3:20; 1 Pet 2:5, 9; Rev 19:7; 1 Pet 1:4; Rom 5:1)

Miscellaneous Privileges Heavenly citizenship – Philip. 3:20 Membership in a priesthood – Rev. 1:6 Engaged & soon to be married – Eph. 5:22-33; Rev. 19:7 Inheritance – 1 Pet. 1:4 Peace – Rom 5:1, 8; 8:1

Miscellaneous Privileges Heavenly citizenship – Philip. 3:20 Membership in a priesthood – Rev. 1:6 Engaged & soon to be married – Eph. 5:22-33; Rev. 19:7 Inheritance – 1 Pet. 1:4 Peace – Rom 5:1, 8; 8:1

Heavenly Citizenship Philip. 3:20 Special privileges Italic right Dejure/defacto Eph. 2:6 Ambassadors (2 Cor. 5:20) Sons (Matt. 13:38; Heb. 12:5,7; Gal. 4:7) Representing heavenly values Dual citizenship Citizenship confusion

Heavenly Citizenship Philip. 3:20 Special privileges Italic right Dejure/defacto Eph. 2:6 Ambassadors (2 Cor. 5:20) Sons (Matt. 13:38; Heb. 12:5,7; Gal. 4:7) Representing heavenly values Dual citizenship Citizenship confusion

Miscellaneous Privileges Heavenly citizenship – Philip. 3:20 Membership in a priesthood – Rev. 1:6 Engaged & soon to be married – Eph. 5:22-33; Rev. 19:7 Inheritance – 1 Pet. 1:4 Peace – Rom 5:1, 8; 8:1

Membership in a Priesthood 1 Peter 2:5-9? – 1 Peter 1:1; James 1:1 – Singular nouns – Gal. 2:7-9 – 6 Hebrew-Christian letters Rev. 1:6 Reign? Rev. 5:10 The church is not Israel (Levi, Aaron) Definition of a priest

Miscellaneous Privileges Heavenly citizenship – Philip. 3:20 Membership in a priesthood – Rev. 1:6 Engaged & soon to be married – Eph. 5:22- 33; Rev. 19:7 Inheritance – 1 Pet. 1:4 Peace – Rom 5:1, 8; 8:1

Engaged to be Married Eph. 5:22-33 Rev. 19:7 Betrothal period – White dress – Matthew 1:18-20 – Orthodoxy/orthopraxy – 2 Cor. 11:3 Steps of a Hebrew Marriage

Betrothal Period 2 Cor. 11:2-3 “ For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted by from the simplicity that is in Christ.”

Engaged to be Married Eph. 5:22-33 Rev. 19:7 Betrothal period – White dress – Matthew 1:18-20 – Orthodoxy/orthopraxy – 2 Cor. 11:3 Steps of a Hebrew Marriage

Jewish Marriage Analogy STEPJEWISH MARRIAGECHURCH ANALOGY 1. Marriage covenantGroom initiated; Covenant established upon payment for bride; drank same cup Christ initiated; Christ’s sacrificial death (1 Cor. 6:19-20; 11:25) 2. Bride set apartBride set apart exclusively for groom Church’s positionally sanctified (1 Cor. 1:2; 6:9-11) 3. Bridal chamber preparedGroom separates from bride and returns to his father’s house to prepare bridal chamber Christ’s 2000 year separation from church; Ascension; return to heaven to prepare dwellings (John 14:2; Acts 1:9-11) 4. Betrothal periodLoyalty testReward determined by orthodoxy and orthopraxy (Jas. 4:4) 5. Bride retrievedGroom returns at unknown time preceded by a shout with escorts to retrieve bride Rapture at unknown time (John 14:3; 1 Thess. 4:16-17) Showers, Maranatha Our Lord, Come!,

Jewish Marriage Analogy STEPJEWISH MARRIAGECHURCH ANALOGY 6. Bride and groom hidden in Father’s house for seven days Hidden in the Father’s house for seven days: three events transpire Church hidden from world during Daniel’s 70 th Week 7. Bride cleansedBride undergoes ritual cleansing prior to wedding ceremony Bema Seat Judgment (1 Cor 3:10-15; 2 Cor 5:10) 8. Wedding ceremonyMeeting with the Father’s assembled wedding guests; Private wedding ceremony Meeting with OT saints; Rev 19:7 9. ConsummationBride and groom consummate the marriage Eph 5: Marriage feastPublic presentation; Bride unveiled; marriage feast Col 3:3-4; Rev 19:9 Showers, Maranatha Our Lord, Come!,

Miscellaneous Privileges Heavenly citizenship – Philip. 3:20 Membership in a priesthood – Rev. 1:6 Engaged & soon to be married – Eph. 5:22-33; Rev. 19:7 Inheritance – 1 Pet. 1:4 Peace – Rom 5:1, 8; 8:1

Inheritance Col. 1:12-13 Dejure/defacto 1 Pet. 1:4 Matt. 6:19-20 Inheritance vs. reward

Inheritance vs. Reward GiftReward Received by?All believersSome believers Basis?God’s childFaithfulness Contingency?NoYes Example?InheritanceCrown Scripture?Colossians 1:12; 1 Peter 1:4 1 Cor. 3:15 1 Cor. 9: John 8 Rev. 3:11 Dennis Rokser, UNRAVELING A CONFUSING VERSE: ANOTHER LOOK AT “INHERITING THE KINGDOM OF GOD, p. 4.

Miscellaneous Privileges Heavenly citizenship – Philip. 3:20 Membership in a priesthood – Rev. 1:6 Engaged & soon to be married – Eph. 5:22-33; Rev. 19:7 Inheritance – 1 Pet. 1:4 Peace – Rom 5:1, 8; 8:1

Peace Positional peace – Presupposes enmity (John 3:36; Rom 1:8; 5:10; 8:7; 12:19; Eph. 5:6; 2 Thess. 1:7-8; Rev. 6:16) – Rom. 5:1, 8; 8:1 – Basis-salvation words – Dysfunction? Experiential peace – Philip. 4:6-7 – John 14:27 – Matt. 8:23-27; Gal 2:20

Salvation Words Redemption – payment of a purchase price in order to release from bondage (apolútrōsis, Rom. 3:24) Reconciliation – change of relationship from one of hostility to one of peace (katallássō, Rom. 5:10) Expiation – removal of sin’s eternal penalty (Ps. 103:11-12) Propitiation – satisfaction of divine wrath (hilasmós, 1 John 2:2) Imputation – Christ’s righteousness is transferred to us at the point of faith (Philip. 3:9)

Peace Positional peace – Presupposes enmity (John 3:36; Rom 1:8; 5:10; 8:7; 12:19; Eph. 5:6; 2 Thess. 1:7-8; Rev. 6:16) – Rom. 5:1, 8; 8:1 – Basis-salvation words – Dysfunction? Experiential peace – Philip. 4:6-7 – John 14:27 – Matt. 8:23-27; Gal 2:20

CONCLUSION

Miscellaneous Privileges Heavenly citizenship – Philip. 3:20 Membership in a priesthood – Rev. 1:6 Engaged & soon to be married – Eph. 5:22-33; Rev. 19:7 Inheritance – 1 Pet. 1:4 Peace – Rom 5:1, 8; 8:1

Soteriology Overview I.Definition II.Election III.Atonement IV.Salvation words V.God’s one condition of salvation VI.Results of salvation VII.Eternal security VIII.Faulty views of salvation

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